Using the design and production of a ceramic container as a student activity, the authors present a method to involve industrial arts students in creative problem solving. Students are provided with a problem that requires them to inventory their industrial arts facilities and available materials to solve the problem. (CT)

The author describes an approach to help industrial arts students understand the materials, processes, economic factors, and human and social considerations in product design. Students located, tore down, and studied the structure of various discarded products in order to appreciate good design. (MF)